Winston Churchill and his friendship with America

Churchill and America
by
Martin Gilbert


Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- On the evening of Dec. 8, 1941, Winston Churchill was dining at Chequers, the official country home of the U.K.'s prime minister, with U.S. ambassador John Winant and presidential envoy Averell Harriman.

After hearing a radio announcement of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Churchill later remembered feeling relief that the U.S. was entering World War II: ``So we had won after all!'' he wrote. ``How long the war would last, or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care. Once again in our long Island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious. We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end.''

Churchill's careful, and lifelong, cultivation of the U.S. and its citizens is detailed in Martin Gilbert's ``Churchill and America'' (Free Press, 503 pages, $30), which can now be reckoned the last word on the subject.

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Michael McCafferty comments:

Winston Churchill was and remains one of the true 'giants' in world history. Churchill was without a doubt the greatest leader in the entire history of
the United Kingdom.

The life of Winston Churchill has been an inspiration to me, and I recommend this book to you. Winston Churchill like Abraham Lincoln was truly a very remarkable leader. Thank you to Martin Gilbert for writing another Churchill book.